dactylic

dactylic Definition

dac·tylic (dak til′ik)

adjective

of or made up of dactyls

noun

a dactylic line of poetry

dactylic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

hexameter: Should we revive dactylic hexameter for What on Earth features?
rhythm: Jarzębski's Canzona quinta a 4 has a more sedate opening, where the dactylic rhythm is given out in double values.
meter: Virgil's dactylic meter is here almost always replaced by the iambic meter natural and fundamental to English.

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